Calculator Script
| From: | Stephen Craton | Date: | Tue, 20 Apr 2004 21:40:46 +0000 |
| Subject: | Calculator Script | ||
| Groups: | php.general | ||
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This isn't exactly PHP, but I do plan to translate this program to PHP, but
first I need to know if it's even worth my time.
I ran accross this program in my math book today and I wasn't sure what
exactly it's doing. Below is what it says it does, and then the actual
script.
"Helps you find the quotient and remainder when you divide a polynomial of
the form ax^2 + bx + c by a binomial of the form x - r. You enter the values
of a, b, c, and r when prompted."
PROGRAM; POLYDIV
: Disp "ENTER A,B,C"
: Prompt A: Prompt B: Prompt C
: Disp "ENTER R"
: Prompt R
: Disp "COEFFICIENTS"
: Disp "OF QUOTIENT:"
: Disp A
: Disp B+A*R
: Disp "REMAINDER:"
: Disp C+B*R+A*R^2
One example I tried out was (b^2 + 9b - 7) / 3b. I worked out all that it
displays and I get the following:
A = 1
B+A*R = 9
C+B*R+A*R^2 = -7
I get (b/3) + 3 - (7/3b) when I work it out by hand, and a teacher of mine
got the same thing. What exactly is this program finding, since it obviously
isn't any coefficients?
Thanks,
Stephen Craton
http://www.melchior.us